FBI Probes Coast Guard Base Alameda Shooting After Truck Incident

Law enforcement officers fired on a UHaul truck late Thursday night after its driver ignored repeated commands and accelerated the vehicle in reverse toward a checkpoint at Coast Guard Base Alameda, officials said. The shooting, which occurred at about 10 p.m., left the driver wounded and two civilians injured; no Coast Guard personnel were harmed. The incident came hours after protests at the base and after the president announced he was calling off a planned federal surge into San Francisco.

The Department of Homeland Security and Coast Guard said security personnel on Coast Guard Island observed a vehicle driving erratically and appearing to attempt to weaponize the truck to ram the base entrance. Coast Guard security personnel issued multiple verbal orders to stop; when the driver failed to comply and then suddenly accelerated backward toward officers, law enforcement "discharged several rounds of defensive live fire," the DHS statement posted on X said. Video released by DHS and footage broadcast from the scene showed the truck backing at high speed toward a line of officers and then speeding away after being struck by gunfire.

The driver was wounded in the stomach and is...